"Now you might right away ask, "How does this apply to
Linux and FOSS?" Well, the simple answer is this. Linux is quickly
growing to become one of the dominant players in the mobile
computing field, most especially on MIDs, PDA's, Phones and more.
It may not be the king of all Internal Operating Systems (IOS)
currently, and may never be, but it's most certainly one of the
bigger players.
"And even if it wasn't, one of the big pushes underway right now
by the freedom loving tech users out there is open formats,
features and data. Phone lock-ins via providers may have been
something that was required in the early days when phone networks
needed subsidized phones and contract locked customers to survive
and grow.
"But now that's not the case anymore. As has been proven in
great detail in Europe, separating the phones from the providers is
actually a far better solution than the current vendor lock-in
we're suffering under now. Also, DRM is one topic we're fighting
with increasing frequency, even though it's thankfully dying
out...finally."
